GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE
MAKING THE BUTTONS Let us go into the design of the button and how it is made. I will assume that you do not have tool-room equi ...
TAPER PER INCH To get the correct taper per inch, for the included 3 degrees taper per inch. We will use 1-1/2 degrees, as the 3 ...
end to the size shown, but I would recommend leaving the small end of the shank about .005 larger than shown, so the button won' ...
INDEXING HEAD Now that this is done it is time to cut the land grooves in the button. Set up the indexing fixture on the milling ...
Now we have all the necessary tools made for rifling the barrel, except the rifling machine. ...
RIFLING CUTTER In rifling barrels, a rifling head to hold the cutter is used. This is attached the rod or tube which draws the c ...
The bevel of the wedge is the same as the bevel on the bottom of the cutter, ten degrees. This beveled wedge is pushed forward b ...
The rifling head is a hollow cylinder, and is made of high-carbon steel with a slot for the cutter cut lengthwise, about two inc ...
THE TOOL GRINDER If you need to do tool making in the shop, you will need a tool post grinder. It is a simple matter to make a s ...
turned on the face under the belt. A flat belt always tries to run on the highest place on the pulley; if there is a crown in th ...
near the rim. This could put a strain on the wheel and damage it. ...
MAKING REAMERS AND BARREL REAMING This is the most important part of making the rifle barrel. If you don't have a true and smoot ...
The relief of the cutting edges should be comparatively slight. They can be ground close on the tool post grinder and stoned fla ...
REAMING SPEEDS In most of my reaming I find that a good starting point is about two-thirds the drilling speed for a given materi ...
ARKANSAS STONE The cutting edge of the reamer is kept sharp by honing with an Arkansas stone over the cutting edges. The reamer ...
32 .309 .311 358 .348 .350 375 .365 .367 44 .419 .422 457 .448 .450 I will go through all the steps of making reamers, from the ...
Then all that is necessary is to drive the reamer from the barrel, resharpened, and sweat the reamer to the pull rod. Once you h ...
The .224 calibers the overall length of the reamer would be 4 inches, the pilot would be 1 inch, and the recess would be 3/8 inc ...
inch. Slow down the mill to about 100 to 150 rpm, as the tool steel tends to get hot. Measure the drill rod on the flute end; in ...
or you may be cutting to fast. Whatever the reason you do not want this to happen as it is putting a lot of internal stress in t ...
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